We all know the power of Photoshop, you’ll regularly see the results of its use on magazine covers and in advertising campaigns. But it’s much more than just a tool for touching up and beautifying images, it’s also a powerful piece of software for creating artwork and manipulating photographs to bend them to the artists will.
We’ve tracked down a number of brilliant Photoshop artists and image manipulators from around the world to show you just how impressive the results can be. Will you believe your eyes?
Making the ordinary extraordinary
Monica Carvalhohas a talent for making the ordinary extraordinary. Like this weirdly edible view of a rocky desert road merged with a bread roll. Curious and weirdly wonderful too.
Digital drawings
Choi, who goes by the name of daol_pater on Instagram has some incredible talent. Their works involves creating incredibly realistic looking images from digital drawings.
Like this image of a shiny metal ball and mirror-like surface. That don’t exist, but were instead crafted digitally by hand. Amazing.
Fantasy meets reality
Stas Novikovis a Russian artist who creates detailed and fantastical images by combining realistic photos with surreal imagery. The results are certainly fantastic.
Buildings on legs
Vadim Solovyevcreates curious urban views with oversized creatures and inexplicable sights. Including wonderful things like this where a building has seemingly sprung legs.
The Wales to London Underground
With this photo,James Popsysimagines a wonderful world where the London Underground was hundreds of miles long. Rush hour has never looked so idyllic. Rolling Welsh countryside interrupted by the unexpected lines of an underground entrance.
Edge of the World
Jati Putra Pratama, an Indonesian artist and graphic designer, takes photos of the world we live in and twists the laws of gravity and the angles of nature to present us with a new reality.
Here, the edges of two worlds stand just a short distance apart or perhaps a sinkhole has appeared in the middle of the ocean?
The piggy-backing model
Much like theStock Photobomberwe’ve featured previously,Kirby Jennergets his kicks from injecting himself into other people’s photographs. More specifically, Kirby uses Photoshop to put himself into Instagram photos posted by Kendall Jenner, one of thebiggest celebrities on Instagram.
“Kirby” is of course, just a fictitious name for the equally fictitious character appearing in these photos, but we can’t help but admire the craftsmanship and hilarity of these images.
Full moon replacement service
The full moon replacement service is out in full force ensuring that only the very best moons are on display for our late-night snaps.
Erik Johanssonhas a gifted eye for nature and a talent for believable image manipulation. Various works of his feature beautiful shots of landscapes but blended with the unbelievable. He’s also happy to show the effort that goes into his work with behind the scenes videos on his website.
The flying Whale
In this surreal photo, a Whale floats inexplicably across the sky tugging a tiny airship and a woman in a red dress on a journey above the clouds. Where they’re going, we’re left to wonder.
ArtistErik Almasregularly uses his impressive talents to create works like this, where the impossible is made both possible and believable.
The marshes of time
Russian artistDmitry Rogozhkin, clearly has some talent when it comes to image manipulation. He has many magnificent works but this photo is possibly one of our favourites. A queue of women descends into the depths of the marshes before them.
A simple and philosophical image about the passing of time as a girl turns into a woman and transitions into an old lady reaching out for father time.
